In the past months I was able to handle a LAMP server, this is my second time to handle a UNIX based web server but this time its a lot different because I will will be the one to install and configure the web server.  Our System administrator was the one who installed the latest version of slackware which is 13.1 on the machine, so all I need to do is have the web server up and running.

Our system administrator did include the x packages when he installed slackware and this caused me a problem in running PHP because it gave me several errors in GD support.  The error I get was,

I was able to solve the problem with the following steps taken and was based from a linux forum I really loved.
Download the packages by entering the following commands,

After downloading the files I installed them using pkgtool and select install packages from current directory and by there it will display the packages downloaded. Here is a sample of how to install it using pkgtool,

After installing the packages restart your apache and PHP GD support should be working. To check type this command,

Knowing a Linux distro is one asset of a network administrator, since then I seemed to be a die hard fan of knowing Linux.  The first linux distro I used was Red Hat and from the first time I saw it I was so amazed and at the same time surprised that such operating system exist.  By then I was a great fan of linux but sad to say I seldomly use the operating system because most of the tools used in school and work is windows based, though it can be ran through wine but running it in windows is different.

Lately, my friends and colleagues installed a transparent proxy used for filtering sites accessed within the network.  They explained to me how the proxy functions and it was a very big interest to me especially that linux was involved.

This was also a coincidence that in the previous week I was able to download the latest version of Slackware Linux v13.O.  I tried to install it but facing it in text based is something new to me because the previous flavors of linux I used comes with a graphical user interface making it easy for me to install and configure stuff. 

So the first step I made was finding an ebook for slackware and I got lucky that surfing deeper in the net I found version 2 of Slackware.  Since the resources is so scarce I decided to upload the ebook here and have an easy download for it to help also others and have them a reference.  So if this is also your first time to start with Linux Slackware, let us journey together in finding the power of Linux Slackware in Network administration.  Hoping that we can share ideas on how to improve communication a lot safer and a lot faster.  Below is the link where you can download the ebook.

Download Slacware Ebook V2.O

File Extension WPS or files that has a “.wps” is not a virus(except if there is something embedded with it) but rather it is a text document created with Microsoft Works Word Processor, like other Microsoft’s word processor like that of Microsoft Word with “.doc” file extension. The difference is that .doc files does not include advanced formatting options and macros that a Word document may contain but it can be opened by the Microsoft Publisher Software. The .wps file extension is an all-in-one program combining several office applications. Spreadsheet/Database documents and Word Processors  ran in the same window by some combined interface, making it very effective especially on older versions of computers it uses less disk space and a smaller amount of memory.

Office programs of all kinds have a multitude of complicated functions.  And because of these complications macros are embedded within the program to execute these functions by just one click of the mouse.  Macros are embedded set of instructions within the program, but one big disadvantage is that these are being used to produce and spread viruses on the web(One good example of these harmful viruses is the infamous “Melissa” virus).  Since these viruses are embedded into the documents and templates themselves, there’s no outward way to detect them in a .wps or other office-type file.  Before receiving any File Extension WPS you must always make sure the the source of the file can be trusted.

In order to view the kind of file type you need Microsoft Works Suite or a converter to open or edit this file format. Microsoft Office Word can also open some versions of these Work document text files.